Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24181, Francis Fay, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Fay, Francis Visa
N 24181
CONTENTS

375
Massachusetts.
Vila Fay.
widow of Francis Fay.
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private Corporal Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
44 Dollars 78,
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
22 day of June 1848
and sent to
Elijah Clark Brighton Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 48 Vol. 2
Reported

11574
Visa Fay-
Mass-
Act 7-July 38
on 81. a 30.
admd
57mo 13. pri
2 - 7. defer
1.15 seny 5
$33.76
also put March 45 th
$33.76
March 1843 - 6815
" " 1844 - 340
Am W. Sarmenter
HR

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Worcester, ss.
On this fifth day of November, in the year eighteen hundred and forty four, Personally appeared in Open Court, at a Court of Probate held at Worcester in the County of Worcester, Vidua Fanny, a resident of Southborough in said County, seventy eight years of age, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July seventh 1838, granting half pay and Pensions to widows of persons who rendered service in the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Francis Frazar of Southborough who rendered service in the United States Militia, as a Fifer at Bunker Hill near two and a half months, in Capt. Martins company in Col. Whitneys Regiment in the Spring of 1777, and in July 1777, he again engaged and rendered near four Months service at the capture of Burgoyne and his Army at Saratoga, in Capt. Hobbes - Capt. Inglesbys company in Col. Linsens Regiment, and in July 1778, he again engaged and rendered near five weeks service at Red Bank in Capt. Sibleys company in Col. Whitneys Regiment, and in the Summer or Autumn of 1779, he again engaged and rendered near seven weeks service as a Sergeant at Haverick in the State of New York, in Capt. Harringtons company, and that all the service he rendered would amount to near ten months.
She further Declares, That she was Married to the said Francis Frazar, on the Twenty second day of February in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one, by the Reverend Nathan Stone, Pastor of the First Church and Society in Southborough aforesaid, That her husband the said Francis Frazar died on the Twenty eighth day of November in the year eighteen hundred and thirty, That she was not

Married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated,
Vida Jay
On this fifth day of November as to the signature of the same to before me
By Thomas Mage of Milford
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Worcester ss.
I Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Worcester, do certify, that Benjamin F. Thomas is the Judge of said Court, duly commissioned and qualified - and that his signature above is genuine.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this fifth day of November, one thousand, eight hundred and forty four.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register

The following are extracts from the records of The Town of Southboro.
"Francis Fay and Lovisa Ball Married February twenty second seventeen hundred and eighty one."
"By Nathan Stone Clerk."
"Recorded by Joshua Smith Town Clerk."
The above is a true Copy from the Southboro records with the exception that the day of the Month and the Year are expressed in figures, viz Feb. 22 d , 1781
Attest Joel Barnett Town Clerk of Southboro
I Joel Barnett of Southboro in County Worcester and State of Massachusetts being legally chosen to the office of Town Clerk of Southboro and qualified according to law - Depose and say that the above extract from the records of Southboro is true as above certified by me
Attest Joel Barnett Town Clerk of Southboro.
over

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss October 11 1874
Then came Joel Burnett Town clerk and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed.
Before me
Sullivan Fay Jus. of the Peace.
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Lib. to Elijah (Ray) R Dec. 1 st '45
Same Dec. 10. 1845.

(8963.)
Massachusetts
Visa Fay,
widow of Francis Fay,
who died on the 28 Nov: 1830 -
of Middlesex (in the State of Mass'tts):
who was a priv: corp: Dept in the                      commanded
by Captain                      of the                      commanded
by                      in the Mass'a
line for 12 mo: 5 days -
Increased from $33.76 per ann
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 44 Dollars 78      Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of Dec. 1845 and sent to Hon. W. Parmenter, Boston, Mass'tts:
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
amt to be deducted -
$223.90
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1838, Section the 4th }
Recorded by Abel Stearns Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 Page 57 .
5817-

6543.
Massachusetts.
Visa Gay, widow of Francis Gay, who was a Private Fifer 1st Bn. in the Mass a Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 75 / 100 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Decem r 1842 and sent to
Hon. M c Parmenter Ho d of Repres s
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
and June 17. 1844.
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 29.
Albert :
1838 1843 K.H. 3/20

6543.
Massachusetts.
Visa Fay,
widow of Francis Fay, who was a private, Corporal & Sergeant, in the Massachusetts line
Increased from $33.76 per ann Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 44 Dollars 78 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Dec. 1848 and sent to Hon: W. Parmachoo Boston, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
17 June 1844
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 29.
Dec: 23 rd 1845. Repd: to agt: -

Ref
WIDOW, &c.
!
File No. 24/181
Visa May wid of Francis May Sergt Fred May
Act: Feb 29 48
Index:—Vol. A , Page 228
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Brighton Nov-12 th 1844.
Dear Sir,
I enclose to you herewith the documents claim of Mrs. Vida Gray of Southboro widow of Francis Gray and for a Pension under the law of 1838.
Very Respectfully Elijah Clarke
Wm. William Passmore M. L. at East Cambridge, Mass.

Brighton November 8 th 1845.
Dear Sir,
I enclose to you herewith the evidence in proof of the claims of Mrs. Vida Gray of Don R. Borough widow of Francis Gray whose claims to you June 2 d . 1845. for an increase for one other service rendered by her husband in the State of New Jersey at Brown Brook,
Very Respectfully G. A. St. John Elizabeth Clark
Hon. J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington, City D. C.

Brighton Dec 6 th 1855.
Dear Sir,
In answer to your letter of date the first instant, in the case of Widow Mary of Southborough, widow of Francis May, for an increase. I have to state that her name was placed on the Pension Roll under the Act of 1838. '43 & '44. She has been paid probably up to Sept th 1855, and her certif- -icates are now accordingly,
Very Respectfully Yours O. H. A. D. Elijah Clark
Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington, City D. C.

James Day
Mr. Senne in 1726 unrelated -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston Novemr 3 1815.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Charles Russell was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester and Moses Edgell was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sawyer, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Nehemiah Parker of Passumpsic in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a Revolutionary Pension- er of the United States, eighty four years of age, do testify and say, that in the last part of the year 1776. I engaged and rendered three months service at New York and in the state of New Jersey and was stationed at a place in said New Jersey called "bound brook". The company was commanded by Captain Elijah Russell of Southborough in said County of Worcester, said Southborough being my native town, the Regiment was com- manded by Col. Spearhawk. And in 1779 I engaged for three months and went to Fort Stanox in the state of New York. The officers under whom I then served I do not now distinctly recollect excepting Jonathan Hay Chamney of said South- borough who was Major, and Francis Gray of said Southborough with whom I was well acquainted was a fifer in the Company to which I belonged and served as long as I did. Nehemiah Parker
The word "Gray" read & Chamney inserted before signature & att- est. C. Russell Jr. P. Com.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Worcester ss. Sept. 19. 1845.
Then the within named Jeremiah Parker appeared and made oath that the within declaration by him is true, and I further certify that he is man of truth & veracity.
Before me.
Chas. Russell Justice of Peace.

I Sullivan Jay of Southborough, in the county of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, I depose and say, that I hold the office of clerk in said Town of Southborough, having been duly elected and qualified according to law, and have in my care and keeping the Documents and Records of said Town, and from an original file of Documents are the following,
"Southborough December 4: 1776
We the subscribers Select men Committee of correspondence and Militia officers Received an act from the Gen Assembly of this State for to Raise one fourth part of the able Bodied To joyn the continetal army att Newyork in Pursuant of sd Act we the Respectble officers meet on the 5 th Instant and joyned into one Joynt Body in order to Rais the above mentioned men maid choise of Lieut William Collins Chair man then we went on to consider the state of the militia of sd Southborou Voted to Drafted fifteen persons who we judged was there Right to do this present Turn.
   The side named paid their fines  Viz Isaac Johnson 10. 0. 0   Edward Chamberlain 10. 0. 0   John Amadon 10. 0. 0   Ephraim Ward 10. 0. 0   Thomas Hudson 10. 0. 0   Capt. Nathan Benyham 10. 0. 0   Solomon Newton 10. 0. 0   Nathan Taplin 10. 0. 0   Moses Prince 10. 0. 0   Solomon Leonard 5. 0. 0   Total of fines 95. 0. 0 

" Jotham Bellows Gideon Newton Jr John Phillipes Luke Newton Lemuel Newton James Stone Amos Newton Early Moore  gave a receipt to do alarm when called upon  " "
"the following are the parsons appointed to do the service in parson and what money paid to Each parson
   bapt  Elijah Bellows     S.  Elisha Fay  10. 0. 0    S.  Isaac Ball  10. 0. 0    Dru  John Phillips  4. 10. 0    fifer  Francis Fay  10. 0. 0     Herman Fay  10. 0. 0     Early Moore  4. 10. 0     Edmund Moore  10. 0. 0     James Stone  4. 10. 0     Samuel Chamberlain  10. 0. 0     Alexander Watson  10. 0. 0     Luke Newton  4. 10. 0     Nehemiah Parker  10. 0. 0     Stephen Bellows  0. 0. 0     Samuel Newton  0. 0. 0     Gideon Newton  0. 0. 0    Total paid to the above named  98. 10. 0     William Collins ?  select men     Jason Fay  Southboro     Joshua Smith }  "   

And I further certify that from an examination of the Records of said Town of Southborough, I find that on the 4 th day of March 1776 in open Town Meeting held pursuant to a warrant from the Selectmen, the following persons were chosen Selectmen for the year ensuing. viz
Lieut. W m Collins
Capt. Aaron Fay
Deut. John Fay
Nathan Bridges
Joshua Smith, and it appears from the records that the above named persons served as Selectmen for the term for which they were chosen. And I further certify that in a file of Documents I find the following receipt, viz. "Southboro 26 Aug t 1777 Received of the Selectmen of Southboro Twenty four Pounds for Transporting the Baggage of Capt. Elijah Bellows Com pany in a Campaign to the New Jerseys in full Except the charge that has arisen from one of my horses that was Stole at Hartford on my Return"
Hezekiah Fay "
A true copy, attest, Sullivan Fay Town Clerk
Middlesex ss. October 28 th 1815
Sworn to by the above named Sullivan Fay Before me.
Moses Edgell Justice of the Peace

Brighton June 2. d 1845
Dear Sir,
I enclose to you herewith the claims of Mrs Lisa Gray, widow of Francis Gray for an increase to the pension she has received. The documents in this State do not happen to show the service, and it is believed there may be some documents in Washington that will show more fully the service,
Respectfully yours C. A. D. & C. Elijah Clark
Wm. J. L. Edwards Commission of Pension Washington City, D. C.

There was no 9 mo. man in 78. or 79 whose name is not found in the Books at Boston or on our rolls - The Washington Papers have no 9 mo. s men in the returns which are general
G. W. Crampton

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston; May 13 1845.
I hereby Certify, That, from an re- examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that no further service than described in the certificate issued Oct r 17, 1844, in the case of Francis Fay, is shown by any of the records in this office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Palfrey, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston May 15 th 1845.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Sullivan Fay was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Parsons, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I, Vira Fay of Southborough, in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, seventy nine years of age, depose and say. That I have good reason from reflection and other evidence to believe that my husband Francis Fay of said Southborough, rendered me other service in the Continental Army in addition to his service of two months and seven days at Rhode Island as Fifer from May 1777, and his service of three or four months at Saratoga, so called, in 1777 commencing in July of that year, also one month and fifteen days at Rhode Island from July 1778 also of one month and fifteen days at Claverick N.Y. as Serjeant from October 1779, and that the additional service which I have good reason to believe my said husband rendered was eight or nine months, the last part of the year 1778 and the first part of the year 1779, And at the time of rendering this service he was at a place called Pound Brook State of New Jersey which is well recollected. And I request the Secretary of this Commonwealth to examine the Rolls and Documents in his Office for proof of the additional service of my said husband. And I hereby authorise and appoint Elijah Clark Esq. of Brighton in said Commonwealth my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to make the requisite application for proof in this State, or at the City of Washington, for proof from the Washington Papers. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand

of attention for proof in this state, or at the city of Washington, prepared from the Washington Post, the witness whereof I hereunto set my hand
and seal this eighteenth day of March in the year A.D. eighteen hundred and forty five.
Signed Sealed & delivered in presence of
W. L. G. Ray
Sullivan Fay Master of the Peace.

Dear Sir,
Brighton June 2 nd 1847
I enclose to you here annexed the application of Mrs Abida Gray, widow Francis Gray of Southborough for proof from the Washington Papers, Treasury Documents in the Pension Office, of her husband's service which the Documents of this State do not show,
Very Resp t your Obed t Serv t Elizabeth Clarke
Hon J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City, D.C.

8963
Massachusetts
Visa Gay
widow of Francis Gay who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 28 Novem 1830 of Middlesex in the State of Mass a who was a pri. fifer V gt in the Company commanded by Captain Rice of the reg commanded by (Collushing) in the Mass a line for 5 Mo. 13 Ds pri 2 " 7 " Fifer 1 " 15 " Sgt
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass a at the rate of 33 Dollars 70 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of Dec r 1834 and Sent to Hon W. Parmenter A Rep o
Total amount, $168.80
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by P. G. Swann Clerk, Book Vol. 1 Page 57
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Incense
Visa Fay Maw of Francis
Map
act 7 July 1838
Adm p .
5 Mo 13 @ 6 per 18.10 5 " 7 " Cape 19.18 1-15 " Sept 7.50 12 .. 05 $44.78
deducting what has been paid at the rate of 33 2/3 per ann
admo March 1843 and 17 June 1844 $44 28 for accounting what has been paid
Rev W. Parmach Boston

I. 111
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Oct 17. 1814.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears
that the name of Francis Pay is borne upon a pay roll of Capt Isaac Martin Col Whitney 2 mo 7 d 1814 from May 1. 1777 to R. I. as a Peter I most of days; 1.10 m upon a pay roll of Capt Asa Rice Col Cushing from July 2. 1777 to Bennington 1 mo 10 days; 2.15 upon a pay roll of Capt Eben Ingalls Col Cushing from Sept 12 1777 1 mo 18 days; upon a pay roll of 1.15 Capt Reuben Sibley Col Whitney from July 30 1778 to R. I. 1 mo 15 days; upon a pay roll of Capt Bruce 1.15 Sept 1777 Col Denny from Oct 18 1777 as a Lieutenant 1 mo, 13 days at Claverick

I Visa Fay of Southborough in the county of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being now seventy eight years of age, do testify and say. — That my husband Francis Fay of this Town rendered service in the Revolutionary war, and according to my best recollection he was in the service at several different times — That he was at Rhode Island, Pennington and a place called Blaverick. — And that he served a part of the time as a private, and a part of the time as a musician or non-commissioned Officer, and that the whole service amounted to nine or ten months. And as I have never received a pension for the services of my said husband, and have never made an application, I now request the Secretary of this Commonwealth to examine the Rolls and Documents in his Office for proof of my said husbands services, and that I have no knowledge of any other person by the name of Francis Fay residing in this Town or the neighboring Towns, at that period.
Visa Fay
Worcester ss. October 11 1844
Subscribed in my presence by the above named Visa Fay
Sullivan Fay Justice of the Peace

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sawyer, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston November 9 th 1844.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation, Sullivan Fay was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sleeper. Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Stephen Newton of Southborough in the county of Worcester and commonwealth of Massachusetts, sixty six years of age do testify and say, That I have always resided in this Town, and that I was well acquainted with Francis Fay, and that I have often heard him speak of his being in the service of the Revolution, - of his being sick in the service - and of his being a Fifer. He died in this neighborhood near fourteen years since, and left Lisa Fay who remains Widow, and resides in this Town -
Stephen Newton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester county } ss October 11 1844
Then personally appeared the above named Stephen Newton, who is well known to me to be a credible witness and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me
Sullivan Fay Justice of the Peace

I James Durton of Southborough, in the county of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, eighty three years of age, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, do testify and say, that in the summer of seventeen hundred and seventy eight, I was in Capt. Balch's Company Col. Jack Son's Regiment, and was in the engagement on Rhode Island, and on the morning of the next day after the battle I saw Francis Fay of this Town, who I had been well acquainted with previous to that time, as do not know the officers of the Company or Regiment to which he belonged, as he belonged to the Militia, and not the Continental Troops as I did. — that I have been intimately acquainted with him since that time, and have often heard him say that he was in the service at Bennington, and other places, — and that I was not knowing of there being any other person by the name of Francis Fay in this Town, or vicinity, or in the service.
James Durton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss October 11 1844
Then personally appeared the above named James Durton, who is well known to me to be a credible witness and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true.
The word "acquainted" at the end of the sixteenth line of the above was interlined before being signed by James Durton the affiant.
Before me
Sullivan Fay Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston June 9 1848
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Sullivan Gay was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. H. G. C. C.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
assisted Elizah Colville Deputy Clerk
65743

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Worcester ss!
On this thirty first day of May eighteen hundred & forty eight, personally appeared before me Sullivan Fay a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Nisa Fay a resident of Southborough, in said County, aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed February 2 d 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the Widow of Francis Fay who was a private, a musician and a Corporal in the Massachusetts militia, and that she has annually received a pension of forty four dollars and seventy eight cents per annum under the act of June 17 th 1844, and she further declares that she is still a Widow.
Nisa Fay
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written. And I certify that the declarant above named is personally known to me, a Widow, and a Revolutionary Pensioner as she declares.
Before me
Sullivan Fay Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston June 9 1846.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Sullivan Fay was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Perry, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, county of Worcester s.s.
On this twenty sixth day of May A.D. eighteen hundred, and forty five, Personally appeared before me Sullivan Fay a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Worcester, and State aforesaid Visa Fay, a resident of Southborough, in said county seventy nine years of age, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain an increase to the Pension which she has received agreeable to the act of Congress passed July seventh 1838, the act of March 3 1843 and the act of June 17 1844. That from mature reflection since she received her Pension agreeable to the above mentioned acts of Congress she is of the impression and very believes that her said husband Francis Fay rendered one other term of service in the Continental Army, of nine months, as a Corporal, Musician, or Private, which service she did not recollect at the time she made her former claims for a pension. And she well recollects of his repeated expressions of being in the service at a place called Prince Brook, at what was called at the time the Jersey country. And it is her impression that this service was rendered in the last part of the year 1778 and first part of 1779 or the last part of 1779 and the first of 1780. at which of the two different times she is not certain. — But claims an increase for this service. She further declares

that she was married to the said Francis Fay as expressed in her former declaration, and that her husband the said Francis Fay died at the time therein expressed. And further she saith not.
Visa Fay Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written
Before me
Worcester ss
Sullivan Fay Justice of the Peace.
Southborough May 26 1845. I hereby certify that Visa Fay who has subscribed and made oath to the foregoing declaration is person- ally known to me to be the Widow of Francis Fay and that she has received a pension as by her herein stated.
Sullivan Fay Justice of the Peace.

I James Dunton of Southborough in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, eighty four years of age, do testify and say, That I was in the service of my Country the princi- pal part of the Revolution, and while I was in the first three years service in Capt James Mellen's Company, Col. Ward's Regiment, I met with Francis Fay of this Town, and David Dunton also of this Town. We were at a place called Pound Brook in the State of New Jersey, which I think was near the year 1778 or 1779, and I understood them , that they engaged in the service for nine months, which I believe to be true, the same said Francis Fay I met in the service at Rhode Island near a year before I before I met with him at Pound Brook as above stated.
James Dunton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Worcester ss. Southborough March 18 1845.
Then personally appeared the above named James Dunton and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed, And I certify that he is well known to me, as is a credible witness, Also I certify that the word "them" in the eleventh line, from the top was interlined, and the words "I before" was erased, before signing
Before me
Sullivan Fay Jus. of the Peace

Pension Office,
December 10. 1845,
Sir,
In the case of Visa Hay , the pension certificate issued on the 20 th of December 1844 embraced the Act of June 17 1844 as well as the law of March 3. 1843; and as the pension under the first named act has not yet expired, it is presumed that she has not surrendered the pension certificate to the Pension Agent, but has it in her possession. The return of that certificate is therefore required.
I am, respectfully, Your O b t Servant, J. B. Edwards
Elijah Clark, Esq., Brighton, Massachusetts.

Merchants Bank, Boston, 13 th Dec. 1845.
Sir,
I am requested to state in reply to the enclosed letter that the Pension Certificate issued to Mrs. Visa Hay under the law of 3 rd March 1843, was surrendered at this office at the time payment was made under said act.
I am, very resp. Your obedt. Servt.
Franklin H. Hason
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.